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    WEEPER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A hired mournerplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("weeper" is a kind of...):

    griever; lamenter; mourner; sorrower (a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died))

    Derivation:

    weep (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A person who weepsplay

    Synonyms:

    crier; weeper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("weeper" is a kind of...):

    unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weeper"):

    bawler (a loud weeper)

    blubberer (someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs)

    Derivation:

    weep (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain)

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